The Seattle-based Myiasis has been carving out death metal territory since 2019, leaning into the genre's classic combination of speed, technical riffing, and relentless aggression in a Pacific Northwest scene known for its no-frills extremity.

Electronic-laced metalcore from Houston.

A one-man or small-unit project from West Hazleton, Pennsylvania, Myke Owns has been blending the thrashing velocity of thrash metal with death metal's low-tuned malice since 2014, operating deep in the Pennsylvania underground.

Brooklyn's Mykey Massacre brings a punk-informed edge to heavy metal, formed in 2021 out of New York City's borough scene with a raw, street-level approach that values attitude and directness over polished production.

Denver doom outfit Mykosterion, founded in 2023, takes their name and mood from the subterranean and the sacred, building slow, ritualistic heavy metal that suits the high-altitude gravity of the Colorado Front Range.

Detroit thrash act Mykronian has been honing a sharp, riff-driven sound since 2018, pulling from the classic American thrash tradition with the blue-collar intensity that has long defined heavy music coming out of Michigan's Motor City.

A 2025 arrival from Williamson, West Virginia, Mykrydia works in the intersection of depressive and post-black metal, layering bleak Appalachian darkness over atmospheric black metal frameworks that stretch and breathe with post-rock-influenced dynamics.

Myles Kennedy, vocalist of Alter Bridge and frequent collaborator of guitarist Slash, launched his solo career in 2018 with Year of the Tiger, a stripped-back acoustic blues album that served as a concept record about his father's death in 1974, released on Napalm Records. The album departed significantly from the arena hard rock of his band projects and was widely praised by critics. He followed it with The Ides of March (2021) and The Art of Letting Go (2024), establishing a solo catalog that runs parallel to but distinct from his collaborative work.

Joliet, Illinois stoner metal act Mylph, formed in 2023, rolls out thick, fuzz-drenched riffs and a heavy-rock swagger that nods to the genre's psychedelic roots while drawing from the Midwest's unsung tradition of down-tempo heaviness.